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private schools in New York City and Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.; was graduated from Yale…
PITCHER Nathaniel , a Representative from New York; born in Litchfield, Conn., November 30, 1777; received a limited schooling; moved to Sandy Hill, N.Y.; member of the New York state militia,…
POND Benjamin , a Representative from New York;
born in Stockbridge, Mass., in 1768;
attended the common schools;
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OTIS Norton Prentiss , a Representative from New York; born in Halifax, Windham County,
Vt., March 18, 1840; attended public schools of Halifax, Vt., and Albany,
Hudson, and Yonkers, N.Y.; in…
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1807; moved with his parents to Hudson, N.Y., in 1816; taught by private tutors and…
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August 23, 1911; attended the public schools, New York Military Academy,
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